Thailand's prime minister gets cardboard cut-out of himself to front the press for him

Rather than actually having to be accountable for your actions or function as a normal adult, you could always take a leaf out of the Thai PM's book and bring a cardboard cut-out of yourself to do your hard work for you.

Yep, that actually happened.

Rather than answer questions at a press opportunity in Bangkok on Monday, Prayut Chan-o-cha had one of his aides place a life-sized photo of himself in front of a pack of journos.

You could use a cut-out of yourself to cover for you when you want an extra-long lunchbreak, or to stand in when you really, really don't want to watch your sister's four-year-old perform yet another hour-long dramatisation of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

But it's best to use it sparingly, we reckon.

Because even though using a cardboard stand-in to get you out of another mind-numbing family obligation is completely different to using one to dodge important questions about the leadership of a country, it wouldn't win you any brownie points if people discovered your secret.